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LIE DOWN

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assume a reclining position

Example:

lie down on the bed until you feel better

Synonyms:

lie; lie down

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "lie down" is one way to...):

change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)

Verb group:

lie (be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lie down"):

stretch; stretch out (lie down comfortably)

charge (lie down on command, of hunting dogs)

bow down; prostrate (get into a prostrate position, as in submission)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Antonym:

arise (rise to one's feet)

Credits

 Context examples: 

You will excuse her not coming to you—she is not able—she is gone into her own room—I want her to lie down upon the bed.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The dogs did not lie down, but on their feet eagerly waited his return.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

But the Scarecrow said, "This is my battle, so lie down beside me and you will not be harmed."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

“Pray, lie down there and make yourself absolutely at home. Tell us what you can, but stop when you are tired and keep up your strength with a little stimulant.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Did he lie down to sleep, he was stirred up by a sharp stick—so that the audience might get its money's worth.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"Not yet," cried the other, concealing her terror, and assisting Marianne to lie down again, "but she will be here, I hope, before it is long. It is a great way, you know, from hence to Barton."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Then Mrs. Westenra went to lie down, and Lucy was left with me.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The bed, however, was too big for the little tailor; he did not lie down in it, but crept into a corner.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I am not your dear; I cannot lie down: send me to school soon, Mrs. Reed, for I hate to live here.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

3d, The said man-mountain shall confine his walks to our principal high roads, and not offer to walk, or lie down, in a meadow or field of corn.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)